Japanese military attachés in foreign service

List of Japanese military attachés in foreign service

Austria-Hungary

• Shizuo Matsuoka: military attaché, Austria-Hungary, September 1909
• Hisaichi Terauchi: assistant military attaché, Austria-Hungary, December 1911
• Tomoyuki Yamashita: military attaché (Lt. Col.), Austria—Hungary, February 1927

Belgium

• Yuitsu Tsuchihashi: military attaché, France — and, concurrently, Belgium, August 1937

Canada

• Tadamichi Kuribayashi: military attaché, Canada, April 1930

China

• Shigeru Honjō: military attaché to China
• Seiichi Kita: resident officer, China, February 1921, Resident Officer, China, May 1927
• Kenji Doihara: official duty, China, December 1922
• Teiichi Suzuki: assistant military attaché, China, December 1929
• Yuitsu Tsuchihashi: concurrently military attaché, China, December 1940. Spelled as "Tsuchiachi" in French literature.

Denmark

• Tetsuzan Nagata: language officer, Denmark, June 1915;

England

• Masaharu Homma: resident officer, also military student, England, August 1918 (and served as observer with British forces in France)
• Hitoshi Imamura: assistant military attaché, England, October 1918
• Ando Rikichi: resident officer, England, January 1919
• Shizuichi Tanaka: resident officer, England, March 1919
• Seiichi Kita: resident officer, England, September 1927
• Shigenori Kuroda: resident officer, England, January 1922

France

• Keisuke Fujie: assistant military attaché, France, August 1917
• Naruhiko Higashikuni: resident officer, France, studying military tactics, April 1920
• Kanji Nishihara: resident officer, France, February 1926
• Korechika Anami: official duty, France, August 1927
• Ishiro Shichida: resident officer, France, May 1931
• Takushiro Hattori: resident officer, France, June 1934; observer, Italo-Ethiopian War, October 1935
• Yuitsu Tsuchihashi: military attaché, France—and, concurrently, Belgium, August 1937. Spelled as "Tsuchiachi" in French.

Germany

• Toshizō Nishio: language officer, Germany, August 1912
• Tetsuzan Nagata: language officer, Germany, October 1913
• Hideki Tōjō: official duty, Germany, July 1921;
• Yoshio Kozuki: language officer, Germany, November 1921
• Heitarō Kimura: resident officer, Germany, January 1922
• Kenzo Kitano: resident officer, Germany, September 1922
• Kanji Ishiwara: language officer, Germany, July 1922
• Takeo Yasuda: resident officer, Germany, January 1922;
• Mitsuo Nakazawa: resident officer, Germany, July 1923;
• Sōsaku Suzuki: resident officer, Germany, March 1923
• Isamu Yokoyama: resident officer, Germany (Major), August 1924
• Takuma Shimoyama: resident officer, Germany, March 1925
• Masakazu Kawabe: military attaché Germany, August 1929
• Kioji Tominaga: official duty, Germany, December 1935
• Hiroshi Ōshima: stationed in Berlin as military attaché working for alliance between Japan and Nazi Germany (Anti-Comintern Pact, 1937; Tripartite Alliance, 1940); Ambassador to Germany, 1940
• Kitsuju Ayabe: member, Military Observer Mission to Germany and Italy (under LtGen Yamashita), December 1940-July 1941

India

• Gen Sugiyama: military attaché India, February 1915
• Masaharu Homma: resident officer, India, August 1922
• Hitoshi Imamura: resident officer, India, April 1927
• Rikichi Andō: military attaché, India, August 1925
• Hideyoshi Obata: resident officer, India, November 1927
• Shigenori Kuroda: military attaché, India, August 1935

Italy

• Shigetarō Shimada: assistant naval attaché Italy, August 1936; naval attaché, same country, December 1917

Manchukuo

• Otosaburo Yano: Japanese military attaché, Hsinking, Manchukuo
• Tadashi Hanaya: (head) Japanese military attaché, Hsinking, Manchukuo
• Shun Akifusa: (head) Harbin military attaché mission, Manchukuo

Mexico

• Shizuichi Tanaka: military attaché, Mexico, May 1926

Philippines

• Gen Sugiyama: official duty, Philippines, February 1912
• Masafumi Yamauchi: official tor to the Philippines, 1934–1935

Poland

• Kiichiro Higuchi: military attaché, Japanese legation, Poland, May 1925
• Harukichi Hyakutake: resident officer, Poland, December 1925
• Okikatsu Arao: assistant military attaché, Poland, March 1936
• Masataka Yamawaki: military attaché to Warsaw, 1934–1935

Singapore

• Gen Sugiyama: official duty, Singapore, October 1912

Soviet Union

• Sadao Araki: language officer, Russia, November 1909; Military Attaché, Russia, May 1913
• Mitsumasa Yonai: resident naval officer, Russia, 1915
• Kioji Tominaga: assistant military attaché, USSR, December 1928
• Torashirō Kawabe: resident officer, Riga, Latvia (studying Soviet military affairs), January 1926, Military Attaché, U.S.S.R., February 1932 April 1934
• Saburo Hayashi: served in the Soviet Union during 1938 as a language officer, later in 1939 was Assistant Military Attaché in Moscow.
• Michitake Yamaoka: military attaché to the Soviet Union (1940–1943)

Sweden

• Tetsuzan Nagata: military attaché, Sweden, June 1921

Switzerland

• Masakazu Kawabe: resident officer, Switzerland, April 1918
• Hideki Tōjō: official duty, Switzerland, August 1919
• Yoshijirō Umezu: military attaché, Switzerland, November 1919
• Kioji Tominaga: member, Japanese Delegation to General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, December 1931
• Kanji Ishiwara: member, Japanese Delegation to Geneva Conference, October 1932
• Keisuke Fujie: member of Japanese Delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, August 1931

Turkey

• Jo Iimura: military attaché, Turkey, January 1930;
• Kingoro Hashimoto: attaché duty, Japanese Embassy, Turkey

United States

• Hisakazu Tanaka: language officer, United States, 1923-1924
• Isoroku Yamamoto: military attaché, United States, 1925-1928
• Tadamichi Kuribayashi: resident officer, United States, September 1927
• Kumaichi Teramoto: assistant military attaché, United States, December 1928
• Shizuichi Tanaka: military attaché, United States, May 1932
• Joichiro Sanada: official duty, United States, September 1936-September 1937
• Hideo Iwakuro: special duty, United States, 1941

Military attaches in Diplomatic missions

Concurrent Mission to Europe

• Shizuo Yokoyama: official duty, Europe, September 1934
• Joichiro Sanada: official duty, Europe, September 1936-September 1937
• Hitoshi Imamura: official duty, Europe, August 1920
• Shunroku Hata: official duty, Europe, December
• Kenji Doihara: official duty, Europe, May 1921
• Rikichi Andō: official duty, Europe, September 1921

Assistant to Peace Conference February 1919

• Jo Iimura: member, Plenipotentiary's Suite, Peace Conference, February 1919
• Shunroku Hata: member, Plenipotentiary's Suite, Peace Conference, February 1919

Assistant to Mission to League of Nations,1920-23

• Heisuke Yanagawa: member of the Japanese Military Mission to League of Nations during 1920-23 period

Assistant to London Conference 1929-May 30

• Torashirō Kawabe: member, Japanese delegation, London Conference, 1929-May 1930
• Heitarō Kimura: member, Japanese delegation, London Conference, 1929-May 1930

Assistant to General Disarmament Conference,Geneva 1931-32

• Keisuke Fujie: member of Japanese delegation, General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, August 1931
• Kioji Tominaga: member, Japanese delegation to General Disarmament Conference, Geneva, December 1931
• Kanji Ishiwara: member, Japanese delegation to Geneva Conference, October 1932

Assistant to Ho-Umezu Agreement June 1935

• Yoshihiro Umezu: commanding general, China Garrison Army, March 1934 (Ho-Umezu Agreement, June 1935);

Member in Yamashita s Mission to Europe(Germany and Italy),December 1940-July 1941

• Kitsuju Ayabe: member, military observer Lt. Gen. Yamashita's diplomatic mission to Germany and Italy in December 1940 - July 1941

Special Military Attaché in Germany

• Kazuo Otani: special military Attaché in Germany, official representative for buying armaments, also heavy supporter and liaison with the Nazis

Army attaché in Matsuoka's mission to Europe and Russia

• Yatsuji Nagai: Army attaché in Matsuoka's Diplomatic Mission to Europe and Russia

Army diplomatic support to Washington diplomatic mission

• Hideo Iwakuro: Army foreign affairs officer, provided diplomatic support to the Washington mission

Special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington

• Kaname Wakasugi: special aide to Nomura Mission to Washington